Chapter Eleven – Truth Time
CARRIE GASPED AS THE truth drug entered her bloodstream, sending icy chills through her neck where the placktoid had fired the pressurised shot, and down her spine. The drug’s effect was immediate. Carrie felt drunk, but not pleasantly so. She was woozy and disoriented. She frowned, trying to focus on where she was and why she was there.
Turning her head, she saw a placktoid administer the drug to Dave. His rigid expression melted and the colour returned to his face. He blinked and his head fell to one side, facing her. He looked about to fall asleep, but he gave her a crooked smile as a dribble of saliva ran from his mouth.
A sharp jab in her ribs drew her attention from her friend and towards the pen-like alien on her other side. “Where are the others who c
